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Weights and Measures
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Title: Weights and Measures

Release Date: 26 Jan 1973

Runtime: 2h 26m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: ZDF, Intertel Television

Production Companies: ZDF, Intertel Television

Overview: Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 3.5 (2 votes)

Cast

  • Anselm Eibenschütz: Helmut Qualtinger
  • Regina Eibenschütz: Agnes Fink
  • Leibusch Jadlowker: Velimir Živojinović
  • Euphemia Nikitsch: Evelyn Opela
  • Kapturak: Kurt Sowinetz
  • Rosa Kapturak: Anna Báró
  • Josef Nowak: István Iglódi
  • Slama: Johannes Schaaf
  • Piotrak: Rudolf Strobl
  • Soscha Szaczkes: Manyi Kiss
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